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Piedmont Manufacturing Company

  • Also Known As: Piedmont Number One
  • Address: S end of Main St
  • Lost Category: Lost Building

The Piedmont Manufacturing Company, established by Henry Pinckney Hammett, helped spur the growth of the Southern textile industry after the Civil War. Hammett's company served as a model and inspiration for other entrepreneurs and investors, and led to the rapid development of Southern textile manufacturing in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

A fire in October 1983 destroyed much of Piedmont Number One; the ruins of the building were subsequently dismantled. - NPS


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1873/04/30 Amos D Lockwood Architect Piedmont Manufacturing Co is chartered by the state of South Carolina with subscriptions of $200000. Building begins at Garrison Shoals, but the work was soon halted as subscribers withdrew, seemingly in reaction to financial effects of the Panic of 1873. Panic of 1873
1873/04/30 Henry Pinckney Hammett Work Piedmont Manufacturing Co is chartered by the state of South Carolina with subscriptions of $200000. Building begins at Garrison Shoals, but the work was soon halted as subscribers withdrew, seemingly in reaction to financial effects of the Panic of 1873. Panic of 1873
1876/00/00 Woodward, Baldwin and Company Work 'Woodward, Baldwin and Company' helps to reestablish the Piedmont Mill in Piedmont, SC , handling most of the sales the products: shirting, sheeting drills and yarns.
1876/03/00 Henry Pinckney Hammett Founder Henry Hammett puts Piedmont Manufacturing Company mill Number One into operation with a water wheel providing power for 5000 spindles and 112 looms.
1883/00/00 By 1883, with 25,796 spindles and 554 looms, Piedmont is the largest mill in South Carolina.
1888/00/00 Henry Pinckney Hammett Work Hammett has Piedmont Number Two built on the west bank of the Saluda River. The tower remains.
1900/00/00 At an oyster supper at the Piedmont Hotel, James J Orr, Piedmont Mill president and Hammett's son-in-law, reports on the mill and its surrounding village of 3,750 people.
1983/10/00 A fire in destroys much of Piedmont Number One. The ruins of the building were subsequently dismantled, leaving the tower.

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Particulars for Piedmont Manufacturing Company:
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 5th March 1986

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Piedmont Manufacturing Company
Registry Address: S end of Main St.
Registry Number: 78002516
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 2
Other Certification: Listed in the National Register, Designated National Landmark
Certification: Removed from National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1876, 1891
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Education, Commerce, Trade, Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility Warehouse Research facility

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